Sure, or the organization could continue blumbling their prospects and assets and Krav could have a terrific career somewhere else.
Seriously, over the last like 8 years, what prospects have the Rangers developed? I think only Lindgren, Fox, who they didn't even draft, Shesterkin, who was ready and developed by the time he got to the NHL and Chytil to an extent, have been successfully developed. That's just a horrible track record. Like, AWFUL. And I am not saying Kakko or Laf are busts, but damn, to have two top, "guaranteed" prospects like that stagnate, or not progress, at least in Kakko's case offensively, is very worrying. Not closing the door on either yet, but both are concerning IMO. And if one of them fails to reach their potential, without having Kravtsov here as a safety net, this team is screwed for a decade. Meanwhile, players like Pionk, JT Miller and Lias Andersson seem to be thriving elsewhere, and Buch and Blackwell I think are likely to do similar. And now possibly Kravtsov too. Just looking at our prospect fail/success rate, or what the players we move/let go do, this franchise has been an absolute disaster. Pretty much everything we have, outside of our prospects who haven't yet been ruined, we bought.
He wouldn't be the first or the last cocky young player, Russian or otherwise. And ultimately, such a cocky mindset, at least to the extent it's detrimental to the player or team, usually is grown out of with age. I think only a small number of players, or people for that matter, relative to the whole, don't learn at least a little humility as they get older.
If this was the first time something like this had happened with this franchise in the last few years, that would be one thing. But it isn't. And I think it's far more likely the Rangers continue to make mistakes like this than there is of Kravtsov alienating himself on whatever club he goes to.
But it's possible I guess.
